 With action and suspense out of the old west comes the most famous hero of them all hop along Cassidy starring William Boyd The ring of the silver spurs heros the most amazing man ever to ride the prairies of the early west hop along Cassidy The same hoppy you cheer in motion pictures and the same California. You've laughed at a million times Raw courage and quick shooting of built a legend around this famous hero Hop along is a name to be feared Respected and admired for this great cowboy rides the trails of adventure and excitement William Boyd as hop along Cassidy and and declined as California Well hoppy, what about our story? We call this one the devil's brown In our part of the west a man can get into the strangest Complications just by taking a shortcut through the hills instead of going the long way around Like the time California and I were on our way into the little cow town of saguaro not far from the Mexican border Hoppy are you plumb certain this new tracks gonna get us to saguaro sure unless they move the town since I was here last That's the drumming mountain on our right We should be there another half hour. I don't know if I can hold out that long all I had for breakfast was a view of the sunrise California, I told you not to move down all your grub last night Wait a minute That's funny. What is no weather beating cabin back there among the trees Nobody's living in there for years, but there's smoke coming out of the chimney. There is. Are you sure it's hard to find? Maybe we'll get you something to fill that empty spot after all. Let's go. I don't see anyone But I smell something cooking. I hope it's a nice juicy to win steered steak Oh, that's strange Anybody here food on the table. It's still warm food. What is it hoppy a steak? Dog on bean Somebody just sitting down to eat Hello there Kind of eerie ain't it like it was haunted Never heard of a ghost eating beans. Well in a case of e-emergency I eat California that food doesn't belong to you Oh, no hoppy just one little taste won't hurt nobody and now I wouldn't do that Wow Somebody spilled a whole box of pepper in that stuff That's one time you got exactly what you deserve Bushwhacker must have been a rain for me Who I'm afraid we don't know what you're talking about. No, and what are you doing out here 10 miles off of the main road? Well, we just Don't you try to die dry dealing me mister I'll give you exactly 10 seconds to talk or the West is going to be shy to carpokes one two three Along Cassidy and our story the devil's drum while taking a shortcut through the hills hoppy in California ran across a Mysteriously empty cabin with a hot meal still on the table Next an armed stranger appeared in the doorway and is threatening to shoot if they don't give him some information Which they don't possess Seven eight if you stop playing with that trigger will tell you all we know yeah anything. All right. Let's have it I'm hop along Cassidy, and this is my sidekick California Carlson. We're on our way in this aware of in the bar 20 We cut across this way to save a little time Mm-hmm. We came in here to see if we could buy some grub the door was a jar with there's no one around Yeah, how about that food on the table? It's a mystery to watch Well, I guess if you knew anything you wouldn't have let me catch you with your guns holstered Who's that coming up a trail? Nobody we know you can see him through the window. Hmm. Oh Oh, it's a sheriff and chappy doon here take back your guns. Thanks That's a relief. I never did admire the view down the inside of a gun barrel too dark and digital Howdy sheriff Who are these men Grinnell couple of strangers on the way to town this year's Cassidy and that's Carlson What brings you out here sheriff? I'm looking for whole same arena. Isn't this his cabin? I'd been using it to bunk in I Checked run them back sheriff. Nobody there. All right chappy now anybody seen marina not me What do you want them for a little gunplay down at the so where a hotel where Jose works? Man got killed. That's all shot in the back another Mexican named cauldron. Was that the Lewis Colburn? Yeah, how did you know Cassidy? Well, if I've heard right. He is one of the meanest gunslingers in Mexico Yeah, have you heard so much? Maybe you heard where Jose marina is? I'm afraid I can't help you there. How about you Carlson church? I don't know nothing Didn't somebody see marina shoot cauldron? No, but he made a little mistake He let call her and live long enough to write a note telling who did it mind letting me see the note I guess not if you handle it careful This is the evidence that's going to hang a man Jose que trapaja in el Posado Yeah, that means Jose who works in the hotel is the guilty one You know Spanish. No, I looked it up in the dictionary. Hey sheriff. This stove is still hot. That's all who's been doing the cookin Cassidy and Carlson was hungry. They stopped in for a meal. I see She if you don't mind Sheriff California, I'll be on our way. All right go ahead Happy you and me will wait here for marina. He'll be back He don't know yet that we got him in our sights. Sure be like shooting a tin can off of a pole here Grinnell, why don't you stick around with us and see what we do the fancy gun told us from over the board? All right here. Come on California Copy here. Why did Grinnell lie to the sheriff about me and you cook and then be I'm not sure But Grinnell must know something the sheriff doesn't I think he wanted to give Jose time to get away Did you notice something strange about that death note? No or what? Jose K. Trapaja in El Posado. It should have been in La Posado Use the masculine article with a feminine now. Oh, that's bad. Oh, when you get the masculine mixed up with the family Yeah, in this case, it's unbelievable Uh-huh. No Mexican would write a thing like that even if he was dying California that note is a forgery. Yeah Hey, huh? What in the dog bones are we turning off here? We're gonna circle around behind the cabin and try to pick up the trail of this Jose fella There are a lot of questions. I'd like to ask him I will have to leave the horses here. He went right up drumming Mountain. See where the pebble sit down Yeah, sure do Hmm It's a funny name for a mountain hobby. Yeah, what do they call it that for you see that rock formation up on the second Ridge. No, not they look up higher. Oh, yeah, that big ground rock on the crest They call it the devil's drum. It ain't shaped like a drum all with the way It's balanced up there. They say that when the wind is just right that rock tips back and forth on its Foundations and makes a drumming noise. You can hear all over the valley An old superstition around here when you hear the devil's drum beating a brave man is gonna die That wouldn't worry me none. I ain't brave enough Down California looks like we found our man. He ain't very friendly like that was a rifle shot We're still out of revolver range stick something up and draws fire and I'll try to spot his location. All right, happy He's up in that patch of jackpines right under the devil's drum I'll work up behind him through this dry wash while you keep him busy by moving around to the right All right, but be real careful unless your insurance is made out to me Drop that rifle son, and you won't get hurt All right, California. Come on up. Let's take a look at you Well, what are you? Who are you? No speak England's come a siama who's dead poor paper. Oh Don't tell me you don't speak Spanish either Sir choppy he ain't nothing but a boy take another look and don't let the clothes fool you Well saddle me up and ride me to Frisco if it ain't a pretty little seniorita Bo and it's dears at my damn Azele I don't think she's talking to us She was doing plenty of talking with that Winchester look at the hole in my favorite sombrero Uh-huh. Well, I guess we might as well be going. We made a mistake. Uh, ain't you gonna find out who she is? What difference does it make for this time? Jose Marino is probably in the hands of the sheriff for killing lewis cauldron. Oh, no Oh, my poor Jose. What will they do to him? No speak English, huh? Oh, please send your did Did Jose really kill senator cauldron the sheriff thinks so he said it was Jose who shot cauldron in the back But Jose would not shoot in the back cauldron was our enemy But Jose is a verde there of a caro. Oh, he is not a Push walker. That's what I thought and I believe we can help you prove he's innocent Senor Cassidy Cassidy. I have promised Jose. I would talk to no one but I think I trust you good You're Jose's wife. See I'm Linda marina I wear this clothes to hide from senior cauldron who want to take me back to Mexico and claim the reward Oh, you mean you're a fugitive from justice, ma'am. No, but my father is a big man in our country and Jose is only a poor Vacchiero when I have run away with Jose my father offered 12,000 pesos reward to bring me back. Well, I'll be barbecued was cauldron as follow us across the border He was one who would sell his own grandmother for 12,000 pesos a lot of men would that's 5,000 American dollars, California Hey hoppy look down there somebody in the trail heading for the cabin Oh, see this was a quick. Let us go down to meet him. I'm afraid we'll be too late Yeah, the sheriff and his deputy is laying for him at the cabin and the way they talked It was gonna shoot first and arrest him afterwards Can't hear you ma'am. He's not a rifle rain. He's riding right into a trap and there's not one thing we can do to save him Carried What is it? It's the devil's drum Jose stops. He's looking up quickly in the wave to him That's right. Wave him back from the cabin. Oh back to hop along Cassidy and our story the devil's drum Hop along California and Linda Morena watched helplessly While in the valley below Linda's young husband rode into the sheriff's ambush to be shot down for a murder He didn't commit now the three are on their way down the mountain side Rifle must be heavy for you senorah. Can't I carry it? No? Oh, we may meet my husband's murder Oh, no ma'am. You don't want to go making things any worse Listen somebody found our horses. Can you see who it is? Yeah, it's the unreal galoot that held us up in the cabin Linda, where you going don't try to stop me if Jose is dead. Do you think I care who else died? No, Linda don't Charlie. Did you see what they did to Jose? Yes, honey, but he ain't hurt much It weren't nothing but a little scratch Well, they patched him up and took him down to the Suarez jail. Well, show me for a plug a tobacco Is this fella really your uncle ma'am? No, he's not my real uncle But I have known him since I was a child he used to visit my father and make that's right sure did Linda was a pretty little machachi you ever saw he was uncle Charlie who suggests I stay in the cabin Well, I would not be seen I figured it warrants safe form at my ranch cause anybody had come looking for the reward might have Heard we was old friends and start coyote around. I hate to break up this reunion But Jose is still facing a murder charge. Yeah, sure is a shame He had to plug that no good cauldron and get in all this trouble Uncle Charlie, he did not do it. No, I think I can prove that death note wasn't written by cauldron or any other Mexican The killer must have gotten the words out of an English Spanish dictionary, but he didn't quite know how to use them I see For now, how about you taking care of Linda while California and I write in to share us off and get a few things straightened out Sure, we'll write out to my ranch child. I guess you'll be safe enough in that get up Least ways if nobody sees you Uncle Charlie, I will see you later. I hope we'll have some good news. Come on, California Kind of funny about Jose being out of the who's cow already. Ain't it hoppy? Uh-huh How should he talk the sheriff fair into taking them out to inspect some evidence must have done some fancy talking That sheriff some mule headed man. Well, maybe we'll find out now. Here's the sheriff's office That ain't the sheriff with his boots on the sheriff's desk and he's nose in the sheriff's bottle No, it's chappy doing the deputy. Hello, Dune. Where's the sheriff? I'm in charge from the sheriff's away What can I do for you Cassidy have a little spot? No, thanks? I do my drinking out of a spring Dune, do you know anything about the Spanish language only what I read in my dictionary? Well, if you did, you know that Caldron's note was forged by an American. Oh, yeah Now why didn't the sheriff think to investigate that note some more that was downright neglectful of him perhaps But now that we you know something There are plenty of voters in this county don't think our sheriff is the smartest man they could find for the job Well, I wouldn't know about that, but mr. Dune There's something else you and the sheriff should know Jose has a wife hiding out near town Her father offered a 12,000 peso reward for her return to his ranch. Oh, yeah Caldron came up here to kidnap Linda and claim the reward Whoever killed him must have been after the reward too. So he put Caldron out of the way And tried to saddle Jose with the murder so he'd be sitting in jail while the killer took his wife back to Mexico Now it's up to you and the sheriff to find out who fits into that picture It's got to be someone who knew about the reward When you find him you will have your killer now listen Cassidy What call you got to come nosing in out of nowhere and tell the sheriff's office what our duty is and what it ain't Chappy somebody in this town shot one man in the back and tried to get another man hung for it Whether you like it or not that's anybody's business Cassidy, I Wouldn't want to have you for an enemy I'd tell you can unholster a gun like scared lightning whoever told you that wasn't pre-barricading son I think I'm coming over to your side. Just what do you mean? Well, I've been covering up for this sheriff. I was scared to say anything. He's a fast-drawn man Besides that kind of like my job. You better talk now and fast Well, it was the sheriff that plug called run and wrote that fake note so as he could arrest Jose Marina He must have heard about the reward like you say the sheriff then what bird did he let hosie out of the jail? Well, so he'd have an excuse to drop him for for trying to escape or the dirty side wonder If that's the way things are we'd better get going California better move fast You want to save that young lady from a trip back to Mexico? Uncle Charlie's ran. Yeah, and I hope we get there in time Wouldn't that scorch if the sheriff was already in his way to Mexico with that poor little gal? I'm still not sure what to expect. I don't trust chappy doing any more than I would a rattlesnake I think he told it's a battle cool alive Didn't double deal in the man he works with every way he can think out and like that'll double deal anybody and what fur We starting out in this maverick chain. We don't dare take a chance just this once chappy doon may be telling the truth Hey, hoppy, what's that team and wagon doing out in front of Grinnell's ranch house? I don't know. I don't see any sign of the sheriff better draw your gun, California Grinnell we're coming in nobody. Oh, we'll see Some library books the old Billy collected. Yeah Well, I guess there's no who's that in the floor Grinnell is he dead wait a minute Now he's just unconscious. There's no wounds somebody must have gun buttered him What you doing checking to see if his gun was fired? It wasn't He's coming to hoppy. Uh-huh Who hit me was it to the sheriff? Carlson and Cassidy, huh? I remember now help me up. We got to stop Now where's Linda? They grabbed her and then they knocked me out with a gun, but hurry They're taking her back for the reward Then they're gone they they got clean away who did who's there the the sheriff and chappy doon chappy doon why he couldn't Well, we ain't got time to argue hoppy for the love of all and doggies get on your horse They might be halfway to Mexico but now I don't think we'll have to look that far Uh-huh take a look under that wagon cover. Well, I'm sure hoppy Linda Oh, why you poor little kid all trust up like a Kansas City foul California watch out for you too nosy He hands up in there. Come on way up. Why uncle Charlie, California You're looking at a man who'd sell his own grandmother for five thousand dollars. Hmm. You're pretty cool Cassidy Why don't you go for your gun? You're so fast on the draw Did you know about yeah, I should have known much sooner Remember when I told chappy look for a man who knew about the reward. That started me thinking the only people besides us who knew about it up to then were Jose and Linda and Uncle Charlie Grinnell know why didn't I think of that, but it was your library that convinced me Grinnell Yeah dust on every book a quarter of an inch thick all except one an English Spanish dictionary the one you use when you forwarded that death note from Caldron. That's right But this time I won't bother with death notes from Cassidy and Carlson Because after I collect the reward I ain't coming back to this flea-bitten cow town California Take your knife and cut Linda's rope. I sure hold it Carlson I want her the way she is for the trip. Go ahead California cut her loose and take off that gag All right hoppy All right, if you want it so bad Hey, hey, what's wrong with it? I took your cartridges out while you were playing possum on the floor Grinnell I was afraid to somebody might get hurt. Oh good old hoppy. I thought for a minute They're right start thinking all over again. This one's got plenty of cartridges in it You didn't look for his shoulder holster. Did you Cassidy? You ain't as old and as smart as I am and the way things are you ain't got any time left alone Oh my finger nice shooting son right out of his hand Oh my aching lumbago Back to hop along Cassidy What's the matter California? I'm just starting to breathe again. I was all set for the six-foot under that was a little close for comfort Hoppy, how did you know? Jose would show up when he did well assuming the chat he wasn't telling the truth which he wasn't We knew the sheriff took Jose out of the jail to look at some evidence Which can only have been that message in Spanish I knew that once Jose took a look at it. He could prove to the sheriff that it was a forgery Once the sheriff turned him loose where else would he go but looking for his wife Speaking of chappy doing there why Internation did he fill his full of that flapping cackle about the sheriff chap is an ambitious man, California Not knowing my habits very well He expected me to go out on the prod for the sheriff and I guess he thought I could outdrawn out shoot him Hmm. You could after that chap is going to be the new sheriff of Sawara County Ambition is all right in its way, but it can get out of hand and cause a lot of confusion Listen the devil's drum. Oh a brave man's gonna die. Let's get out of here Getting conceited old pal worrying about you old fellow Well, let's go then and so Linda and her caballero live happily ever after thanks to hoppy in, California When we meet again hoppy spins the yarn about how he becomes a little too involved in politics Western style that is in a thrilling adventure titled hoppy Alexa sheriff So be sure to listen to the next episode of hop along Cassidy Hop along Cassidy starring William Boyd is transcribed and produced in the West by Walter white jr The devil's drum was written by Alan Raider All stories are based upon the characters created by Clarence E. Mulford. This is a Commodore production